# Celebrity Death Pool 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2016, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517 "2016-12-01T07:00:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 68
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1341 "2017-06-15T22:59:21Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Several months ago, I found out by accident that Dr. Wernher von Braun is buried in the same cemetery that my father is buried in, Ivy Hill Cemetery in Alexandria, VA. > > I mentioned this to two of my officemates (one is about 40, the other early 20s), and they both said, “Who’s Dr. Wernher von Braun?” I explained who he was, and mentioned that he was the subject of a song by Tom Lehrer. “Who’s Tom Lehrer?” was their response. > > Ouch. \“There is a hole in your mind…”\<\Minbari voice\> ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1342 "2017-06-16T13:18:22Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > This may be credible, but will wait for confirmation. There was a [news report a week ago](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/04/iraqi-forces-retake-key-town-of-baaj-from-isis) suggesting there was knowledge of his location, but, for now, the 18 players who picked Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi will have to wait Looks like [Russia is now seeking to confirm Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s death](http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/middleeast/al-baghdadi-isis-killed-russia-airstrike/index.html). The rare scenario where we hope for points for others ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1343 "2017-06-16T16:13:29Z")
Helmut Kohl, 87, German statesman, Chancellor (1982–1998) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1344 "2017-06-17T00:55:51Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Helmut Kohl, 87, German statesman, Chancellor (1982–1998) Too bad for Andrew21, he had Kohl as an alternate. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1345 "2017-06-17T03:57:38Z")
[Director John Avildsen dead at 81](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBIT_JOHN_AVILDSEN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-06-16-23-24-19). He directed _Rocky_ and _The Karate Kid_ as well as one of my personal favorites, _Neighbors_. RIP Mr. Avildsen. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1346 "2017-06-18T01:02:34Z")
The Moon-faced assassin of Joy has passed beyond the Rim. [http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/stephen-furst-dies-‘animal-house’-‘st-elsewhere’-actor-was-63/ar-BBCOEzI?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=AARDHP](http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/stephen-furst-dies-%e2%80%98animal-house%e2%80%99-%e2%80%98st-elsewhere%e2%80%99-actor-was-63/ar-BBCOEzI?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=AARDHP) Farewell Flounder. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1347 "2017-06-18T01:05:13Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > The Moon-faced assassin of Joy has passed beyond the Rim. > > [MSN](http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/stephen-furst-dies-%e2%80%98animal-house%e2%80%99-%e2%80%98st-elsewhere%e2%80%99-actor-was-63/ar-BBCOEzI?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=AARDHP) > > Farewell Flounder. What he means is, Stephen Furst has died aged 63. I first knew him from _St Elsewhere_. I never watched _Babylon 5_. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1348 "2017-06-18T01:35:24Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > What he means is, Stephen Furst has died aged 63. I first knew him from _St Elsewhere_. I never watched _Babylon 5_. Oh, _that guy_. Vir Cotto. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1349 "2017-06-18T02:50:13Z")
Award-winning matador [Ivan Fandino](http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/matador-ivan-fandino-dies-after-10640508) gored to death by raging bull after tripping on his cloak in the ring. Age 36 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1350 "2017-06-18T03:03:17Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Award-winning matador [Ivan Fandino](http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/matador-ivan-fandino-dies-after-10640508) gored to death by raging bull after tripping on his cloak in the ring. > > Age 36 Damned embarrassing, that. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1351 "2017-06-18T03:08:26Z")
Where the hell am I going to find ten thousand marbles at this hour? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1352 "2017-06-18T14:29:27Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Award-winning matador [Ivan Fandino](http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/matador-ivan-fandino-dies-after-10640508) gored to death by raging bull after tripping on his cloak in the ring. > > Age 36 Go bul!!! Good for you. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1353 "2017-06-19T00:59:24Z")
I was just reading about Stephen Furst on the Internet Movie Database. His age there is listed as 62, not 63, his birthdate as 5/5/55. His death is being listed in the news as complications of diabetes. The IMDB said in the interval between the third and fourth seasons of Babylon 5 he dropped one hundred pounds. Also, both his kidneys failed, but a fan actually donated a kidney when it was found to be a match. Now that’s a REAL fan. Kept him alive for another twenty years. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1354 "2017-06-19T01:16:55Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > … in the interval between the third and fourth seasons of Babylon 5 he dropped one hundred pounds.… That sounds extreme. Oliver Hardy died from the effects of losing a large amount of weight in weeks. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1355 "2017-06-19T01:57:28Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Also, both his kidneys failed, but a fan actually donated a kidney when it was found to be a match. Now that’s a REAL fan. Kept him alive for another twenty years. How is the fan? :dubious: For vir cotto? Jesus, Mary, and Joe Cocker. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1356 "2017-06-19T02:28:57Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Go bul!!! Good for you. It makes my heart soar like an eagle to know the bull won. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1357 "2017-06-19T18:05:06Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > It makes my heart soar like an eagle to know the bull won. Only in the sense of taking the matador with him. The bull didn’t survive, either. On a trip to Valencia in 2002, I attended a bullfight, just because it was unlikely I’d ever have the opportunity again. There were six fights on the card, but I left after three, because it was so disgusting. Yes, I knew it probably would be, but I thought it was something I should witness for myself. It’s appalling that so-called civilized humans can consider such gratuitous cruelty to animals an art form. [End of hijack.] ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1358 "2017-06-19T19:28:04Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Award-winning matador [Ivan Fandino](http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/matador-ivan-fandino-dies-after-10640508) gored to death by raging bull after tripping on his cloak in the ring. > > Age 36 [Edna Mode]No capes![/EM] ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1359 "2017-06-19T19:55:54Z")
His name … José Jiménez. [Bill Dana dead at 92.](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bill-dana-dead-jose-jimenez-903436) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1360 "2017-06-19T20:00:23Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > His name … José Jiménez. > > [Bill Dana dead at 92.](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bill-dana-dead-jose-jimenez-903436) He was my favorite astronaut when i was a kid. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=69)